Mo Williams
Mo Williams
Maurice "Mo" Williamsis an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. After a successful high school career at Murrah High School, Williams attended college at the University of Alabama, where he led his team as a freshman to a 27–8 record, and also shared an SEC regular-season championship. After two seasons at Alabama, Williams entered the 2003 NBA draft where he was selected with the 47th overall pick by the Utah Jazz. Throughout his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 December 1982
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
We have sent a message to those guys. You are going to see them come in with an attitude in Game 4. They probably felt like they were going to sweep us and get some rest for the second round. Now they know we have confidence. They know we think we can beat them. They are going to come after us and try to put us away. But we've got a lot of confidence now. That won't be easy.
I said something to Joe after the game in Chicago. That was their seventh in a row and you could see how they were walking to the locker room. We were walking off and I said, 'You know what? I remember that feeling.' Walking to the locker room like you don't know what's the problem. You're playing hard, but you just don't know. And you try to figure it out. So it's a big difference for us from last year to this year.
We're a favorite now. I think teams know Milwaukee is good now. We've got to be more prepared ourselves because teams are going to be more prepared for us.
You can deal with some of the jump shots he made, he's been making them all season. But he kept making daggers, a dagger here and a dagger there. At the same time, we were digging ourselves in a hole by not making shots.
We're trying to get to the point where coming down the stretch we know what we want and know how to get to it. I think it's just our inexperience coming down the stretch. . . . Everything's tight. The pressure's on us and a lot of times we've got to make plays. They're a championship team and we're trying to get where they're at.
He got out of there to Memphis during the evacuation time, so he was safe. But he went back and everything was gone.
I look up to him man, I do. Being a basketball player, coming from the same city the same town, he set the mold for us to shoot for.
I got in today and it was pretty sore, but I just played through it. It's basically what I have to do in the game.
Nobody would want to think it. But it happened.
Me and Lindsey go way back. Me and his brother grew up together and I spent a lot of time at their house. Lindsey kind of took us up under his wing.
I've learned that creating a healthy, active environment for kids helps build the foundation for a successful future.
You've just got to keep fighting through it, keep going on. This is the nature of the business. Look at Indiana last year; they probably had the worst situation. They had injuries and suspensions, and they still made a push for the playoffs.
If he wasn't here, I'd have to go down to Centre Avenue and buy stuff. My mom, she comes down here to buy her cigarettes.
You think you're playing well, then you look at the score and you're like, 'We're down 15.' That's the sign of playing a good team. At times, we just have mental lapses. Most teams do, but good teams really don't. That's the difference.